Miners exposed to hacking attacks, says Ben Flatgard

Australia's mining and energy companies may be vulnerable to hacking attacks as the industry moves towards greater automation of natural resource extraction reports The Australian Financial Review. The article quotes Alliance 21 Fellow Ben Flatgard who is a former cybersecurity adviser to president Barack Obama.

Ben Flatgard is the 2017 Alliance 21 Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is founder and principal of Cycise, LLC, a security consultancy and technology company. He served in the Obama Administration from 2009-2017, most recently as Director for Cybersecurity Policy on the National Security Council.